School Tours

The Albany Institute of History & Art offers in-person group tours that can accommodate any age range and be tailored to your curriculum. Available programs include:

• Ancient Egypt: Art and Culture  (Grades 3-8)
• Art, Artists, & Nature: the Hudson River School (Grades 4-12)
• Hudson River School STEAM: Art & the Environment (Grades 4-12)
• Traders & Culture: Life in Colonial Albany (Grades 3-8)
• Discovering the Museum (Grades PreK–1)

The Albany Institute offers in-person field trips for groups meeting the following conditions:

1. Group size is limited to 20 participants per 2-hour program for field trips of the Ancient Egypt exhibition. Group size is limited to 40 participants per 2-hour program for field trips to The Hudson River School exhibition.
2. One chaperone for every ten students is required.  Those chaperones are admitted free.  Additional chaperones will be charged the regular adult admission fee of $12.00.                                                                                   

Fees: A one-hour program is $6/student with an additional fee of $1/student for an additional hour-long art activity. Program funding may be available.

Schedule: Complete the tour request form here. Our Education team will reach out following your submission to confirm the details of your visit. Tours must be requested at least three weeks in advance.

Questions about in-person field trips can be directed to Janine Moon, Education Manager, at moonj@albanyinstitute.org or 518-463-4478 ext 428.

Bring the museum into your classroom through virtual field trips! Available programs include:

• Ancient Egypt: Art and Culture (Grades 3-8)
• Art, Artists, & Nature: the Hudson River School (Grades 4-12)
• Hudson River School STEAM: Art & the Environment (Grades 4-12)
• Traders & Culture: Life in Colonial Albany (Grades 3-8)

Virtual programs are 45 minutes to 1 hour and include an interactive gallery presentation followed by a question & answer session. Each program is led by a museum educator who engages students and answers questions in a live chat. Post-visit materials will be provided to extend these programs and to meet your curriculum goals.

Fees: Virtual field trips are $125 per program. 

Questions about virtual field trips can be directed to Janine Moon, Education Manager, at moonj@albanyinstitute.org or 518-463-4478 ext 428.